Maritime Inventory Routing using Constraint Programming

The maritime inventory routing problem (MIRP) is a tactical and operational planning problem, that takes an integrated view on ship scheduling and inventory management for bulk products. Given production and consumption levels during a predetermined planning horizon, the problem aims at finding delivery schedules with minimal travel costs, such...

LOSCO A Ship Lock Scheduling Model

A ship lock scheduling model called LOSCO was developed in order to decrease passage times at locks with two parallel chambers. Three locks were chosen to model, as they are some of the busiest locks of the Netherlands. The Krammersluizen, the Sluizen Hansweert and the Kreekraksluizen. Passage times are not collected at the locks, therefore the...